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The Touch of Satan (1971)

The Touch of Satan poster
Directed by
Tom Laughlin
Genre
horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
PG
Rating
3.0 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with a dark secret gets involved with a man who travels to her family's remote farm. Strange events and a violent history surface as they get closer.

low-budgetobscureslow-pacedeeriedatedminimalistunsettling

What happens

The Touch of Satan (also released as A Touch of Satan and Night of the Demon) is a 1971 American horror film directed by Don Henderson and starring Michael Berry and Emby Mellay in their debut roles. The film was shot between 1968 and 1970 in the Santa Ynez, California area and featured early work by makeup artist Joe Blasco, cinematographer Jordan Cronenweth, and composer Robert O. Ragland. Produced independently on a low-budget, the film received a limited release by Futurama International Pictures in August 1971. The Touch of Satan was relatively obscure, playing only in drive-in theaters and dollar movie houses until a 1998 appearance on the series Mystery Science Theater 3000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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